Adjustable reach bar



@cwt. 23, E923. 1 1,471,346

' J. A. MOXEY ADJUSTABLE REACH BAR Filed Sent. 1920 m esf 0A2,

Patented Uni. 23, 1923.

stares JAMES A. MOXEY, on onrceeo, rnL norsQessic-non h aeawaarean'siieveseee trier COMPANY, ACORPORATION on NEW JERSEY.

linenSTA LE nnhcif isaitf Application filed September v, 1926. see-a mama? T 0 all whom it may concern? u e it known that I, JAnns A. MOXEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at 4 I i i U Chicago, in the county of Coolrand Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Reach.

Bars, of which the followingis a full, clear; and exact specification.

This invention relates to wagonrunningv the reach bar, which frequently causes the reach to break as well as to create hard pulling on the part of the team.

To overcome this difliculty round reach bars have been adopted in some cases, but are not entirely satisfactory because of the increased expense in their manufacture.

The present invention was devised to overcome the above noted difficulties and has for one of its objects to provide a square or rectangular reach bar that will have all the advantages of a round reach bar and be inexpensive to manufacture.

A further object is to provide a cheap and practicable means for modifying a square reach bar so that it will perform the frictions of a round reach bar.

One embodiment'of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which. Fig. l is a plan view of the running gear of a wagon'embodying my improved reach bar. 7

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ofthe rear truck and reach bar taken on the line 2-2, Fig. 1.

F ig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33, Fig. 1Q

I Fig. s is an end elevation of the reach her looking from'the left in Fig. 1.

Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are details of the bearing bushings.

' Referring to Fig. l, 10 indicates the front truck and 11 the rear truck of the wagon. The front truck is provided with the usual hounds 12, bolste1" 13,'tongue 14, and sup porting wheels15. The-reach barl7 is 'se cured in a] suitable manner, 'as 'by the 'kiiig bolt 18; to the front. truck and extends? rearwardly through the" rear truck of the wagon. Thereartruck is "also of standard construction and includes aXle'l9'and bol ster 20/ The-axle '19 issupportedon the usuali'carrying wheels QI'and the axle an d' bolster are provided"withoppositely dis-' posed substantially semicircular recesses 22, as best shown in Fig. 4. Hounds 23 i are connected at their rear ends by U-bolts 24 to the axle l9 and bolster 20 and are connected at their front ends by hound plates 25.. The hounds are also connected. to the axle by the tie rods 26 andto the bolster by the tie rods'27. The plates are provided with oppositely disposed semicircular recesses 28 which coact to provide a cylindrical bearing for the sleeve 01' bushing 29, as best shown in Fig. 3. The side walls of bushing 29xare cut away to receive the reach bar 17 so that the latter is slidable therethru, as best illustrated in Figs. 3, 7 and 8, and the bushing is provided at each end witha flange 30 to retain it in the. beaiing'sin the hound plates.

Bosses 31 are prot' i'ded on one end of the bushing and are perforated to receive a locking pin 32 adapted to be inserted in any one of a plurality of holes 33 in the reach bar, whereby the latter may be adjusted in the bushing.

The recesses 22 in the rear axle and bolsfer provide a bearing for a bushing or sleeve 34, provided withflanges 35 and cutaway so that the reach bar is slidabletherethru; as best shown in Fig. i.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a reach bar rotatably supported in hearing'members :carried by the hound-plates and rear aXle and bolster which permit relative rotation between the reach bar and rear axlewhen the wagon is adapted to be secured to one of the bearing sleeves which is retained in its bearings by the flanges provided thereon. 3

While I have shown and described but 100 passing over rough roads, and that I have 20 a reach gig one embodiment of my invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the construction may be modified in various Ways without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined by the following claims.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a running gear for wagons, the combination of an axle, a bolster, a bearing formed between the axle and bolster, hounds secured at their rear ends to the axle and bolster, hound plates providing a cylindrical bearing secured to the forward ends of the hounds, a sleeve journaled in the hound plate bearing and having a flange at each end adapted to bear on the ends of the hound plates, the sleeve having opposite perforations in one end beyond the plates, bar slidable in the sleeve and rear bearing, and means extending; through the reach bar and the perforations in the sleeve for adjustably securing the reach bar to the sleeve.

2. In a running gear for Wagons, the combination of an axle, a bolster, a flanged sleeve journaled between the axle and bolster, hounds secured at their rear ends to the axle, plates secured to the forward ends of the hounds, a flanged sleeve iournaled between the plates, the flanges extending therebeyond at each end, oppositely disposed lugs projecting beyond the flange at one end of the sleeve,'a reach bar slidaole longitudinally in the sleeves and means extending through the lugs and reach bar for adjustably securing the bar with respect to the sleeves.

I In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAIMES A. MOXEY.

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